Chapter 204: The Descendants of Slytherin (Edited)

"Roar!" (=｀Д=)

Fish, transformed into a clouded leopard, let out a strange and unimpressive roar at the basilisk, its body crouched low and its four short paws poised to attack.

Although both were feline, the clouded leopard's stance in battle was different from that of a cat, something Fish had learned from his many fights with Shadow in the Forbidden Forest.

On the other side, the basilisk, not to be outdone, bared its long fangs and raised the front of its body, hissing menacingly at Fish.

After a few moments of stalemate, the one with the size advantage took the lead, its head snapped out and slammed into Fish like a cannonball, its mouth opened more than a hundred degrees to reveal its sharp fangs.

Already alert, Fish dodged the basilisk's bite and quickly turned to pat it on the head.

The snake was a bit larger, but Fish, who had hunted many snakes, knew that all he had to do was hit it on the head.

Anyway, these long, slender creatures had very few methods of attacks other than biting or entangling their bodies, and with his agility, Fish had no fear of being bitten or entangled by a snake, so he dared to strike the basilisk.

The basilisk's body is too big, and Fish's claws, which had many buffs, only made its head tilt a little.

The basilisk's skin was no less defensive than the Acromantulas' armor, and its claws couldn't do much damage to the basilisk if Fish didn't use his elven fire.

"Hiss!"

Although he wasn't hurt, the slap Although he wasn't hurt, and the fact that he had been slapped by a little brat made the basilisk even angrier.

He turned his head and slammed his huge body against Fish.

However, both the cat and the clouded leopard were known for their dexterity, so it was impossible for them to be hit by such an obvious attack.

With a quick leap, Fish jumped onto the basilisk's head, stuck to the crushed top of its head with a [Spider Steps] spell, lifted a foreleg and launched a cat strike at the basilisk's skull.

"Roar! Roar! Roar! Roar!" (Stupid snake! You can't hit me! You can't hit me!)

(=｀=)

The basilisk was so angry at Fish for provoking him as it struck him that it rolled around the room wildly, rolling across the chamber and slamming its head into the nearby walls and pillars, which shook the hard stone pillars.

However, in the face of Fish's prowess, all these struggles were unnecessary and could not cause him any harm at all, but rather made the basilisk dizzy.

With the shadows on the ground and the roar of the basilisk, Voldemort had a rough idea of what was going on, and to be honest he couldn't believe it, he didn't even know what to do next.

With the level of magic Ginny now possessed, it was clearly not a good idea to enter the fray, the basilisk wouldn't necessarily be able to kill Fish, and he would only be exposing his presence if he joined the fight.

But if he did nothing about it, there was a chance that Fish would reveal the location of the Chamber of Secrets, and he would still have nothing to hide.

With complicated feelings, Voldemort unconsciously bit his thumbnail.

The first thing that came to his mind was the Imperius Curse that wizards use to erase memory, but Voldemort had no idea if his spell would work on Fish, let alone if he could cast the spell successfully.

Because from what Fish had told him, the spell that Quirrell, the adult wizard, had used hadn't even worked.

What's more, after looking at the basilisk, Fish was unharmed. Voldemort thought that, aside from the possibility that he was a descendant of Slytherin, there was also the possibility that Fish was naturally resistant to magic, as a magical creature like a fire dragon.

In other words, either Fish is a Slytherin or has the blood of some kind of magical creature.

So with Ginny's level of magic, even if she hit Fish with the Imperius Curse, she most likely wouldn't be able to erase his memory, but it would make him alert.

What if... she asked Fish to keep it a secret?

Voldemort knew a lot about the character of Gryffindor students, and from the way Fish had behaved before, it was clear that he wasn't too old, so it was easier to trick him.

And after that...

He'd find a way to get Ginny to give Fish the diary.

Voldemort narrowed his eyes, what if Fish had the same Slytherin blood as he did? Voldemort was not a man who valued kinship.

Instead, he was even more interested in those special abilities of Fish's, to be precise... he coveted them.

He wanted to use his own Horcruxes to extract this mystical power from Fish, and if Fish really was a Slytherin descendant like him, then he might be able to take his power to the next level by absorbing his soul power....

The more Voldemort thought about it, the more it seemed like a wonderful plan, so now he didn't want Fish to die at the hands of the basilisk....

Of course, even if he wanted the basilisk to kill Fish, he couldn't, because Fish was fighting the basilisk right now.

The next question is. how do I keep the two of them from revealing flaws in their exchanges after this?

He had been too careless in thinking that Fish would be dead when he entered the Chamber of Secrets, which caused him to expose his identity.

It was clear that there was nothing Voldemort could do to influence Fish, so he had to work on Ginny's side.

It wasn't a difficult task for Voldemort, she was just a girl in love, and he had a million ways to get Ginny to avoid Fish at all times.

Of course, there were risks, so he had to transfer the diary to Fish as soon as possible, unknowingly, so that even if things were revealed, Dumbledore would not be able to find any clues from Ginny.

While Voldemort was making up his mind, the basilisk was already lying on the ground in a daze, letting Fish have his way.

After all, he couldn't hit Fish, he couldn't stare him down, and his little paws didn't hurt too much, so he let the little cat have his way.

Anyway, the remnant soul of the second master standing to the side did not give it the order to kill.

Besides, after calming down, the basilisk inexplicably felt a strange sense of intimacy with the kitten...

Perhaps he was also a descendant of his former master?

Even if Fish didn't speak Parseltongue, he could communicate with him and even look him in the eye like his former master, and with that closeness more evident than Voldemort's, it wasn't out of the question!

The not-very-smart basilisk thought, somewhat confused, and the more he thought about it, the more it made sense.

"Roar?" (Are you satisfied?)

(=｀Д=)ヅ

Fish whacked the basilisk's head with a paw.

The basilisk rolled its yellow eyes and looked at Fish, but did not respond.

According to the rules set by the old master, Voldemort had opened the Chamber of Secrets first, so he had first priority to inherit it, even if Voldemort was now only a remnant, it still belonged to him, and even if he wanted to submit to Fish, he would have to wait until Voldemort was dead.

Seeing that the great snake beneath him still refused to admit defeat, Fish raised his claws and struck its head several times.

"Roar!" (Say it! Do you surrender or not?).

The basilisk continued to play dead.

"Fish, it's time for us to go."

Voldemort interrupted Fish's intimidation of the basilisk.

"Roar."

Sensing the time, it was indeed getting late, so Fish let go of the basilisk and jumped off his head.

"I'll play with you again when I'm free, next time I'll make sure you admit defeat!"

(●ΦωΦ●)

Fish, who had returned to his human form, patted the basilisk and then jumped to Ginny's side.

The basilisk made no sneak attack, but instead crawled along the Slytherin statue and went back inside the statue to continue sleeping.

"Fish, isn't your animagus form a cat? Why can you turn into a leopard?" asked Voldemort impatiently.

"I don't know nya!" replied Fish bluntly, "I turned into a big cat when I was fighting those big spiders in the Forbidden Forest!".

Voldemort didn't pay much attention to this statement, so he had no idea that the "big spiders" Fish was talking about were actually descendants of the Acromantula that secretly escaped when he framed Hagrid.

"... One more thing, Fish, can you keep my secret? Don't tell anyone, not Professor McGonagall or my brothers, about the Parseltongue and this place."

So Voldemort, realizing that he couldn't get anything out of the young wizard, decided not to worry about those minor details, but to wait until he transferred the diary to Fish and had enough time to figure it out.

"Of course, Fish's mouth is tight!"

(●ΦωΦ●)

Fish thumped his chest and shook his head smugly.

"I've kept some secrets for others, and I haven't revealed them once!"